Thread: Directory?

take a look at the <direct.h> file

and at the directory functions

_chdir ...to change working directory
_getcwd .. to get the current working directory

try this program....

Code:

#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<direct.h>

using namespace std;


string strFile;
void ChangeDir( void );
void EnterFileName( void );
void DisplayCurrentFile( void );
void ChangeDrive();

void PrintMenu(void);

void main( void )
{
	int iEntry = -1;

	while( 1 )
	{
		PrintMenu();

		cin >> iEntry;
		
		switch( iEntry )
		{
		case 0: ChangeDrive(); break;
		case 1: ChangeDir();     break; 
		case 2: EnterFileName(); break;
		case 3: DisplayCurrentFile(); break;
		}

		if( iEntry == 4)
			break;
	}
}

void PrintMenu(void)
{
	cout << "\n Main Menu";
	cout << "\n------------------------";
	cout << "\n0. Change drive";
	cout << "\n1. Change directory";
	cout << "\n2. Enter file name";
	cout << "\n3. Display";
	cout << "\n4. Exit Program";
	cout << "\n" << endl;
}

void ChangeDir( void )
{
	//** example: C:\mydir\newdir\somedir
	char dir[80] = "";
	cout << "\nEnter new directory: " << flush;
	cin >> dir;
	if(_chdir( dir ) )
		cout << "\n" << dir << "is not a valid dir" << endl;
}

void EnterFileName( void )
{
	//**example myfile.txt
	char buffer[80] = "";
	cout << "\nEnter file name: " << flush;
	cin >> buffer;

	strFile = buffer;
}

//** concatenates the dir and the file
//** example dir = "c:\mydir
//**         file = "myfile.txt"
//** displays c:\\mydir\\myfile.txt
//** 
void DisplayCurrentFile( void )
{
	char buffer[_MAX_PATH];
	string strFullPath;

   /* Get the current working directory: */
   if( _getcwd( buffer, _MAX_PATH ) == NULL )
      perror( "_getcwd error" );
   else
   {	
	   strFullPath = buffer;
	   strFullPath += "\\";
	   strFullPath += strFile;
	   cout << strFullPath << endl;
	}
	
}

//** drives are specified to _chdrive as int values 1-n where n is 
//** your last drive
void ChangeDrive()
{

	char chDrive[10] = "";
	cout << "\nEnter drive letter: " << flush;
	cin >> chDrive;
	chDrive[0] = toupper( chDrive[0] );

	if( _chdrive( chDrive[0] - 'A'+1) )
		cout << "Invalid drive: " << (int)chDrive[0]-'A'+1<< endl;
}